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DuhokBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Meteorological Organization released its latest weather forecast on Thursday, projecting a slight drop in temperatures for Thursday before condi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zahidi ordered Wednesday the resumption of oil operations in the Kurdistan Region, with production set to restart Thursday. A …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's government declared three days of national mourning following the death of Ayatollah Muhammad Ishaq al-Fayyaz, Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zeydi sa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zeidi declared three days of national mourning following the death of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Ishaq al-Fayyad, who died Thursday…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falu ez-al-Ali ez-al-Zeydi declared three days of official mourning following the death of Grand Religious Authority Ayatollah Sh…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Coordination Framework announced Thursday it has cancelled Gadir Bayram celebrations following the death of Shaykh Ishaq al-Fayyaz, a prominent religi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's national football team plays Spain in a friendly match in La Coruña on Wednesday as part of its preparations for the 2026 World Cup. The match is …
BasraDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Oil prices fell globally on Thursday, with Brent crude dropping 0.79% to $97.04 per barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate declining 0.70% …
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Ayatollah Mehdi, a senior religious authority in Najaf, died Tuesday in Baghdad at the age of 95, according to the city's religious council. Born in 1930 i…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ayatollah Muhammad Ishaq al-Fayyad, one of the highest-ranking religious figures in the Shiite world, died Saturday at a hospital in Baghdad. He was 96. …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — LONDON — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development forecast Iraq's economy will contract by 1.5 percent in 2026, a significant downward revisio…
BaghdadKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The dollar approached a two-month high Tuesday as escalating tensions in the Gulf region pushed oil prices higher and curbed investor appetite for r…
AnbarWASHINGTON, United States — BAGHDAD — The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would prohibit military operations against Iran unless Congress …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices advanced Thursday as the dollar declined and oil prices fell following a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel. Spot gold rose 0.7 pe…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — Oil prices fell Thursday as markets reacted to a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel, which raised expectations that a broader acco…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry confirmed a nationwide gasoline shortage, attributing the supply crunch to regional developments and a foreign company's withdrawal fr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Oil announced Tuesday that the country's gasoline shortage is expected to end next week, with fuel shipments arriving within days. The…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said comments about the Peshmerga Forces’ weapons in Erbil were being judged wrongly because of recent unusual political condi…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Iraqi security forces have arrested a foreign woman wanted in connection with a fire that killed her stepdaughter in Najaf, a security source in the city sa…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A large oil leak from a pipeline in Kirkuk spread onto the main road between Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah on Wednesday evening, affecting traffic near the city’…
